RPC IV.4, 16643 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.4
Number 16643 (temporary)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Marcus Aurelius
Person (obv.) Marcus Aurelius (Augustus)
Issue Year Ζ = 7
Dating AD 166/7
Obverse inscription Μ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ
Obverse design laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, l.
Reverse inscription L Ζ (reversed)
Reverse design Sarapis as fountain-god standing, facing, head, l., wearing kalathos, holding taenia over lebes on stand; behind, amphora(?)
Metal Æ
Average diameter 30 mm
Reference DS 9297
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The uncertain object to the r. on the reverse is probably an amphora distorted by double-striking, cf. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/coin/120415.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ DS 9297 = Naville Numismatics 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 407